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“All money raised will go to INQUEST and their work alongside families searching for truth, justice and accountability.”

Today, £545 had been donated towards a target of £250,000.

In recent weeks, pressure has been placed on Prime Minister Theresa May to support a new Hillsborough Law - and create a “lasting legacy” for the families of the 96.

Mr Abrahamson said: “The investigation of state related deaths is characterised by an institutionalised culture of delay, denial and defensiveness.

Peter Weatherby QC, left, and Elkan Abrahamson, right, from Broudie Jackson Canter Solicitors, who have been acting on behalf of the Hillsborough Families, hold a press conference for the proposal of the Public Authority Accountability Bill - also known as the 'Hillsborough Law'. Photo by James Maloney

“Public bodies routinely cover up their wrongdoing using taxpayers’ money.

“There is concern that this is already happening again with Grenfell with authorities and private entities denying responsibility before the fire was even out.

“We need to stop this and make it a legal duty to tell the truth and proactively cooperate with investigations and inquiries.”

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Hillsborough Law

The Hillsborough Law was first mooted after the families of the 96, at the recent inquests into the disaster, were forced to defend themselves from accusations of ticketless fans who had too much to drink, on April 15, 1989.

This is despite the 2012 Hillsborough Independent Panel absolving all Liverpool fans of any blame, and discovering that the fault behind the Leppings Lane tragedy was a failure by police, the ambulance service, as well as defects in the stadium.

The behaviour of supporters, the jury said, played no part in the 1989 disaster.

Now, a report into the treatment of the 96 Hillsborough victims’ families - by the former bishop of Liverpool James Jones - supports the proposed “Hillsborough law” – which would force public bodies and public officials to tell the truth.

The Right Reverend Bishop James Jones, who wrote the report on the experiences of the Hillsborough families (Image: James Maloney/ Liverpool Echo)

Titled The Patronising Disposition of Unaccountable Power, the report looked at the families’ 27-year ordeal – between the 1989 disaster and the end of the inquests in April 2016.

The report by Jones, who chaired the independent panel – which uncovered evidence that led to new inquests – was requested by Prime Minister Theresa May, when she was Home Secretary.

Supporters of the Hillsborough Law blasted the behaviour of public authorities in the recent Hillsborough Inquests. calling it “a stark example of institutional defensiveness and a culture of denial.”

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“They add: Despite making fulsome apologies for their role in the disaster and cover-up in September 2012, both the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and the South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (SYMAS) took a very different approach in court two years later.

“Both organisations chose to add to the suffering of bereaved families and unnecessarily lengthen the inquests by deflecting responsibility and failing to acknowledge their previously-admitted failures.